Usually means: Eating crow; admitting one's error.
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  1. humble pie: Merriam-Webster
  2. humble pie: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. humble pie: Collins English Dictionary
  4. humble-pie: Wordnik
  5. humble pie: Wiktionary
  6. humble pie: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. humble pie: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. humble pie: Dictionary.com
  9. Humble Pie (album), Humble Pie (band), Humble Pie, Humble pie: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. HUMBLE PIE: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  11. Humble Pie: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. humble pie: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. Humble pie: World Wide Words

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  1. humble pie, humble pie: A Word A Day

Definitions from Wiktionary (humble pie)

noun:  (dated) A pie made from the offal of deer or hog.
noun:  (idiomatic) Humility, being humble.

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